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Order of Augusto César Sandino
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Ernesto Cardenal
1925-01-20 – 2020-03-01
Life & Legacy
Ernesto Cardenal Martínez (20 January 1925 – 1 March 2020) was a Nicaraguan Catholic priest, revolutionary, poet, and politician. He was a liberation theologian and the founder of the primitivist art community in the Solentiname Islands, where he lived for more than ten years (1965–1977). A former member of the Nicaraguan Sandinistas, he was Nicaragua's minister of culture from 1979 to 1987. He was prohibited from administering the sacraments in 1984 by Pope John Paul II, but rehabilitated by Pope Francis in 2019.
Occupation & Career
poet, Catholic priest, sculptor, painter, theologian, translator, politician, writer, visual artist, revolutionary, lyricist, artist, minister
Education
Columbia University; Faculty of Philosophy and Letters, UNAM; Colegio Centro América
Faith & Community
Catholicism
Accomplishments, Inventions & Publications
Order of Augusto César Sandino; Peace Prize of the German Publishers' and Booksellers' Association; Pablo Neruda Ibero-American Poetry Award; Austrian Decoration for Science and Art; Reina Sofía Award; Theodor Wanner Prize; honorary doctor of the University of Wuppertal; Order of José Martí; Orden de la Independencia Cultural Rubén Darío; honorary doctor of the University of Valencia; honorary doctorate of the University of Granada; honorary doctor of Veracruzana University; Honorary doctor of the University of Huelva; Premio Internacional Mario Benedetti; Prayer for Marilyn Monroe, and Other Poems
Legacy Highlights
Honors & Awards
Austrian Decoration for Science and Art · Honorary doctor of the University of Huelva · honorary doctor of the University of Valencia · honorary doctor of the University of Wuppertal · honorary doctor of Veracruzana University · honorary doctorate of the University of Granada · Orden de la Independencia Cultural Rubén Darío · Order of Augusto César Sandino · Order of José Martí · Pablo Neruda Ibero-American Poetry Award · Peace Prize of the German Publishers' and Booksellers' Association · Premio Internacional Mario Benedetti · Reina Sofía Award · Theodor Wanner Prize
Church
Catholicism
Organizations & Memberships
Academia Mexicana de la Lengua · Academy of Arts, Berlin · Casa de los tres mundos
Notable Work
Prayer for Marilyn Monroe, and Other Poems
Organizations
Democratic Renewal Union
Education & Institutions
Colegio Centro América · Columbia University · Faculty of Philosophy and Letters, UNAM
Verified Legacy Record
Award
Peace Prize of the German Publishers' and Booksellers' Association
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Pablo Neruda Ibero-American Poetry Award
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Austrian Decoration for Science and Art
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Reina Sofía Award
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Theodor Wanner Prize
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honorary doctor of the University of Wuppertal
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Order of José Martí
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Orden de la Independencia Cultural Rubén Darío
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honorary doctor of the University of Valencia
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q276510 · wikidata
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honorary doctorate of the University of Granada
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q276510 · wikidata
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honorary doctor of Veracruzana University
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q276510 · wikidata
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Honorary doctor of the University of Huelva
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q276510 · wikidata
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Premio Internacional Mario Benedetti
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Faith Community
Catholicism
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Family Mother
Esmeralda Martínez Urtecho
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Family Sibling
Fernando Cardenal
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Notable Work
Prayer for Marilyn Monroe, and Other Poems
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Sources & Provenance
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